Improvement in sash-holders



` c. H. TESSY.

Improvement in Sash-Holders.

N0. 131,980, Patented 0ct.8,1872.

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CHARLES H. TESSY, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF` OF HIS RIGHTTO SIDNEY I. WAILES, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT kIN SASH-HOLDER'S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,980, dated October 8, 1872 antedated October 1, 1872.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. TESSY, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and mseful Improvement in Spring-Bolts, of which the following is a specication:

My improvement relates to spring-bolts for sash-holders and other purposes; and it consists in the arrangement and construction of beveled or socket bearings on the fixed plate and the bolt for the purpose of receiving and confining the enlarged ends of a rubber spring,

so as to exert a constant pulling force upon the bolt; and also, in the combination of the several parts of the bolt, arranged andA constructed to operate as will be hereafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents the outer face of the bolt-plate, showing the thumb-piece which operates the bolt;

Fig. 2 represents an inner-face view of the Vbell-crank bolt when projected outwardly; and

fit over the pin g. A straight rubber spring,

i, having enlarged ends j, is held with one end in the bearing b on the plate a, and with the other end in the bearing h on the bend of the bolt, the beveled bearings holdingthe enlarged ends j of the spring i and preventing them from slipping out.

In putting the parts together the thumbpiece e is passed through the slot d, the billhook-shaped free end of the bolt passed through sleeve c, and the opening 7c in the lower end of the bolt lpassed over the pin g. The spring v1 is then secured in the bearings b h, having a tendency to keep the free end of the bolt extended outwardly through the sleeve c by occupying a central position between the limbs of the bolt and the bearing b, from which it pulls.

The thu1nbpiece e may be cast with or be secured to the bolt in any suitable way.

From the foregoing description it isobvious that my improved bolt may be constructed very cheaply, may be easily put together, and conveniently applied for use.

Having described my invention, I claiml. The beveled bearings or sockets b and h, arranged to receive and contine the correspondingly-enlarged ends of a rubber spring, whereby said spring exerts a constant pulling force upon the locking end of said bolt, as described.

2. The plate a, having the sleeve c, curved4 slot d, bearings b, and pin g cast in one piece, in combination with the bell-crank-sh aped bolt f, having bearings h and pivot-opening k, and provided with thumb-piece e and the rubber spring i, al1 as described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my improvement in locks signed this 19th day of February, 1872. Witnesses: CHARLES H. TESSY.

A. E. H. J oENsoN, ALEXE. A. C. KLAUGEE. 

